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After working 10 years in the private sector in several posts related to marketing and innovation Sébastien Paquot joined the European Commission in 2015 as Policy Officer in the unit in charge of Circular Economy. In 2017 he was appointed adviser to the Director General of DG Environment before becoming Member of the Private Office of Commissioner Vella in 2018. He joined the EU Delegation in China in September 2019 as Head of Section in charge of Environment and Climate files.

帅俊伟曾在私营部门不同职位工作了10年，主要从事市场营销和创新。他于2015年加入了欧洲委员会， 在环境总司负责循环经济的部门担任项目官员。他于2017年被任命为环境总司总司长（副部级）顾问，并于2018年成为欧盟环境、海事事务与渔业委员维拉（部级）内阁成员。他于2019年9月加入欧盟驻华代表团，担任处长，主要负责环境和气候政策。

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Graduated from East China University of Science and Technology, Kathy Man used to work in China National Chemical Information Center and China National Chemical Economic and Technological Development Center. Now, as the Vice Secretary-general of Committee of Multinationals, Kathy is responsible for the international organizations cooperation and communication, such as ICCA, WPC, CEFIC, ACC, IFA, UNEP, UNDP and AEPW; responsible for sustainability, particularly the plastic circular economy, promoting the establishment of CPCIF’s “two horizontal and three vertical” system of plastics waste treatment, including chemical recycling, green supply chain of recycled plastics, biodegradable plastics, policy communication and international cooperation; responsible for industry communication, leading a number of influential industry-leading projects, such as “Chemical Industry Hackathon”, "Chemical Industry CSR Project Incubator" and etc.
毕业于华东理工大学，曾就职于中国化工信息中心、中国化工经济技术发展中心，目前任中国石油和化学工业联合会国际部国际交流处处长、国际交流与外企委员会副秘书长。负责国际组织与国际交流推动，中国与ICCA、WPC、CEFIC、ACC、IFA、UNEP、UNDP、AEPW等众多国际机构的交流与合作；负责可持续发展工作，关注塑料循环经济，推动构建CPCIF应对塑料污染问题的“两横三纵”大体系——化学循环、再生塑料绿色供应链、可降解塑料、政策沟通与国际合作协同；负责行业沟通工作，创建“大学生挑战赛（黑客松）”、“化工行业CSR项目孵化器”等多个有影响力的行业先导项目。

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Dr. K Jim Jem serves as Chief Scientist, Advisor and/or Visiting Professor of multiple organizations such as World Ecology Organization, Global Forum on Human Settlements (former United Nations Ecological Industry Development Organization), China Prosperity Green Industry Foundation (under China Ministry of Industry & Information Technology), and Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology & Engineering (under China Academy of Science), etc. He received his Ph.D. in biochemical engineering from Tufts Univ., Master degrees in chemical engineering from Univ. of Minnesota and agricultural engineering from Purdue Univ., and B.S. Degree from National Taiwan University. He had worked 15 years in the USA in engineering, biotech, and pharmaceutical companies such as Ratheon, Serono, Diversa, with multiple awards such as the Young Enigneer Awards from Philadelphia and Delaware Valley Tri-States. In 2000, he moved back to China to work for bio-tech and bio-plastic companies such as Cargill, Cargill-Dow, NatureWorks PLA, Corbion Purac, and Total Corbion PLA as the Greater China General Manager (for 12 years). He had also served as a Visiting Professor for Chinese Univ. in HK, Nanjing Industry Univ. and Jiannan University plus several other universities in China.

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Derek recently joined Veolia in 2020 as Commercial Director of Veolia Huafei Polymer Technology (Zhejiang) Co., Ltd. He is focusing in plastic material commercial activities in the consumer goods segment since his graduation from ECUST in 1999 with a Bachelor degree in Fine Chemicals, while serving front-line sales and leader roles in Berry global (Legacy RPC), Evonik HPP, Husky IMS and Far Eastern Group in these years.

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Weiqing Joined Arkema Changshu R&D center (CRDC) in 2012 with a master degree in polymer from ESPCI, and after defending his Ph.D in material science and engineering in CEMEF of MINES Paristech. Since then he occupied various positions in new product development and product stewardship. He started leading technical polymer team in CRDC from 2017, and took position of Changshu R&D center director in 2020.

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Monique Maissan is a Dutch entrepreneur and textile engineer specialised in sustainable solutions for the industry. As CEO and founder of “ Waste2Wear “, she leads a committed team in creating products from recycled plastics since 2007, making them a true pioneer in the industry. The core business is in creating yarns and fabrics from recycled plastic bottles (RPET).

Through Monique’s leadership, Waste2Wear won the highly coveted 2021 World Sustainability Award for the most sustainable supply chain due to the unique Waste2Wear blockchain.

All Waste2Wear suppliers are GRS and BSCI certified making the supply chain sustainable, transparent and traceable. QR codes on all their products provide details of the environmental savings per each production run and a ‘how it’s made’ video.
Monique was instrumental in developing the award winning*, world first post-consumer recycled polypropylene products made from discarded domestic appliances such as fridges and washing machines etc.

Monique collaborates with a variety of stakeholders to help create awareness and to find solutions to protect the environment. This includes collaborations with the Jane Goodall Institute, National Geographic and others. Monique is a sought after speaker on conferences and Universities about circularity, and received various awards for her work over the years.

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Jet joined TOMRA on Oct 2017 and has been mostly working on policy advocacy and business development for circular economy transition. Before that, he worked for several international and domestic companies in the environment industry such as Haldor Topsoe China, Poten Environment and Derun Environment (a joint venture by Suez and Chongqing Water Assets Management Co.). From 2004-2011, he also served as senior commercial officer at the Embassy of Denmark in China for 7 years. Jet holds two master’s degrees from the Northwestern Polytechnic University and Nanyang Technological University, respectively.

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Jack Chen is responsible for Research and Innovation activities at Clariant China. He studied undergraduate at Fudan University and received a PhD in Organic Synthesis from University of Michigan. Jack started his career in pharmaceutical process research and development at Pfizer (legacy Upjohn) in Michigan. Then he moved to GlaxoSmithKline to run its process automation group in Philadelphia. Later he held leadership positions at Asymchem Labs, a CRO/CMO company serving pharma companies based in both US and China. In 2009, he returned to Shanghai, and led Research and Innovation for DSM Nutritional Products, successfully building up two research centers in China. Before joining Clariant, Jack also spent 2 years in DSM HQ in the Netherlands, overseeing a R&D Excellence program. In additional to his 15+ years of managing R&D teams and innovation, he collaborated extensively with academic institutions and trade associations in China.